With the college football season nearly a month away, we'll count down the top-12 Big 12 games for the upcoming season.

The criteria for the countdown is as follows.

-Games must be between two Big 12 opponents. Games like LSU v TCU are excluded from this list. -Talent on the field isn't the only factor. Entertainment, oddities and recent history factor into the list as well.

12) Kansas v Iowa State Date: November 23 Prediction: Iowa State 38 - Kansas 24 Reasoning: The Jayhawks didn't win a conference game last season and this could be their only shot at winning one this season in the ultra-competitive Big 12 conference. Aside from the occasional possibility of an upset (like last year's 21-17 last second loss to Texas), Kansas' chances of not being last in the conference are slim. Too bad this game comes two weeks before the season ends and is on the road. I think Kansas goes winless in Big 12 play for the second straight year.

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